Shank for eaves-trough supports



Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

SHANK FOR EAVES-TROUGH SUPPORTS.

Application filed February 6, 1922. Serial No. 534,311

To all 20 ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW RUssELL BERGER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improved Shanks for Eaves-Trough Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention generally stated relates to an eaves-trough hanger and has more especial relation to a shank therefor and method of making same.

Eaves-trough hangers, sometimes called gutter-hangers, as are now in common use and acceptable to the trade are of two distinct types, each of which possess disadvantageous features. One type is comprisedof two-part, stamped, sheet-metal shanks the parts of which are riveted together in a manner to preclude a maximum, vertical adjustment of the circles employed in'conjunction therewith. In the other type, an 'inte gral structure is present which is of cast or molded metal. While inthe latter instance maximum, vertical adjustment of' circles may be obtained, the cost of making thereof, from a manufacturers standpoint, is more or less prohibitive due to present day problems of metal casting or molding. Another disadvantage of the latter type is the pres ence of tangs or prongs. With these and other disadvantages in. mind I have, in the present instance, designed an efficient and practical shank of sheet-metal, as wrought iron, made up of two parts so fitted together that maximum, vertical adjustment of a circle may be obtained, the method of makin same being novel, simple, inexpensive and expeditious.

The invention consists of the improvements and method of practicing same as hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which: Fig. 1, is a view in side elevation of my improved shank illustrating the maximum vertical adjustment as may be a circle carried thereby, and

Figs. 2 to 7, inclusive are views hereinafter specifically referred to in connection with the method'of makingsuch: shank.

may be otherwise practiced.

obtained for For the purpose of illustrating my inven tion I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof and method of,

forming same which is at'present preferred by me, since the same has been found to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my method of formation In the drawings, and referring more particularly to Fig. 1, the stem 10 of the shank is of sheet metal, as wrought iron and is of conventional channel formation. Throughout practically its extent,-vert ically consid- 'ered, it is apertured transversely'as at 12,

whereby a gutter supporting-arm or circle 13 may be adjusted thereon in a well under-v stood manner. Adjacent the stem top and rigidly secured thereto is a'plate 14' which is disposed laterally with respect to the stem 10 orin other words'is disposed in a plane .at right angles towthe vertical axis of the stem. While the plate may be of any desired configuration, practice dictates that a rectangular form of plate is'the most practical. Substantially centrally thereof the plate is penetrated by a tongue 15 extended from a side wall'of the stem, the protruding end of the tongue being clinched or simi larly treated to rigidly fix the stem andplate together in abutting relation. The

tongue 15 is in a plane at right angles to 1 the vertical axis of the stem 10. The plate 14 is apertured, laterally as at 16, whereby attaching media as nails, screws or the like.

may be passed therethrough. It is thus apparent that the. stem may be apertured, for circle accommodatiomto a point closely ad jacent its top whereby adjustment of a circle may be made so that the latter may be arranged in close juxtaposition to the eaves of a building when desirable.

The method of manufacturing a shank of the character stated in accordance with shop-practice as found commercially adapted therefor may be describedas follows Channel-bar as 17 see Fig. 2, of wrought iron, which can be purchased in the open market in long strips is employed for making the shank stem. Such' strips are cut to desired length and apertured as at 12 see Fig. 3. Adjacent one end of the stem a side wall thereof has now stamped thereit v so s5 from a tongue 15 see Fig. l. This tongue is bent over so to lie in a plane at right angles to the vertical axis of the stem. Meanwhile the plates 14 have been stamped from sheet-metal. and provided with a substantially central slot 18, see Fig. 5. Also the apertures 16 have been formed therein.

To assemble the above described parts it is merely necessary to position them as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, with the tongue 15 projected through the slot 18 in plate 14: and the side wall of the stem from which has been stamped the tongue abutting against said plate and then clinching, filing, l'iammering or otherwise upsetting the exposed end of the tongue to clamp the stem and plate together.

It will now' be apparent that l. have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and, the above description and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim is 1. A device of the character stated comprising a stem of channel-iron apertured throughout the major portion of its extent for the adjustable support of a gutter supporting-arm, a side wall of said stem adjacent its top having projected therefrom a tongue disposed in a plane at right angles to the vertical axis of said stern and a plate rigidly secured below and near the stem top, said plate being penetrated by said tongue and being apertured for the reception of attaching means.

2. A device of the character stated comprising a stem of channel iron apertured throughout the major portion of its extent for the adjustable support of a gutter supporting-arm, a side Wall of said stem adjacent its top having stamped therefrom a tongue disposed in a plane at right angles to the vertical axis of the stem, and a plate rigidly secured below and near the stem top, said plate being centrally slotted to receive said tongue and being apertured for the reception of attaching means.

A. device of the character stated comprising a stem of channel iron apertured throughout the major portion of its ex tent for the adjustable support of a gutter supporting-arm, attachment-plate supporting means fixed to and projected from a side wall of said channel-iron adjacent the top thereof in a-plane at right angles to the vertical axis of said stein whereby the gutter supporting-arm may be moved in an unobstructed manner through said channel iron for maximum vertical adjustment and an attachment-plate rigidly secured tosaid supporting means.

4. As a new article of manufacture a shank for an eaves-trough which shank is of channel-iron and has an unobstructed passage throughout its extent and is apertured throughout the major portion of its extent, attachment-plate supporting means fixed to and projected from a side Wall of said shank adjacent the top thereof in a plane at right angles to the vertical axis of said shank and an attachment-plate rigidly secured to said supporting means.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed in name.

MATTHEW RUSSELL BERGER. 

